The chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) Olivier Crépin-Leblond, has asked that a call for comments be made on the draft ALAC statement "Community Expertise in Community Priority Evaluation" in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process.
A process to resolve string contention, which may be elected by a community-based applicant.
string contention
The scenario in which there is more than one qualified applicant for the same gTLD or for gTLDs that are so similar that they create a probability of user confusion if more than one of the strings is delegated into the root zone.
applicant
An entity that has applied to ICANN for a new gTLD by submitting its application form during the application submission period.
Community-based gTLD
A community-based gTLD is a gTLD that is operated for the benefit of a clearly delineated community. An applicant designating its application as community-based must be prepared to substantiate its status as representative of the community it names in the application.
Call for comments: ALAC Statement on Community Expertise in Community Priority Evaluation
The chair of the At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC) Olivier Crépin-Leblond, has asked that a call for comments be made on the draft ALAC statement "Community Expertise in Community Priority Evaluation" in preparation for the start of the ALAC ratification process.
The current draft, as well as additional information on the Public Comment, can be found on the At-Large Community Expertise in Community Priority Evaluation Workspace
Please submit any comments on that workspace using the comments function by 8 August 2013, 23:59 UTC.
Here's a glossary about the terms used in this statement which talks about a process in ICANN's New generic Top-Level Domain (gTLD) Program.
See the glossary at http://newgtlds.icann.org/en/applicants/glossary for more definitions of terms related to the new gTLD program.